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Cheshire Archive

• A Place to Walk by Eloise Napier

  WALKING, say health experts, is the finest thing any of us can do to become or stay fit. There are a number of guides to wandering the pathways of Great Britain - but how about the rest of the world? read more

• Country Living Guide: North West by Peter Long

  THE ninth of 10 new Country Living Guides features the attractions of the north west - where to go and to stay, what to see and to do, where to eat and where to buy. read more

• Father Nugent's Liverpool 1849-1905 by Pat Runaghan

  LIVERPOOL in Victorian times was at once a thriving port city where industrialists could amass enormous wealth and a place where poverty and criminality knew no bounds. In the middle years of the 19th century more than 70,000 people were living in crowded and insanitary conditions. read more

• Formula One: Made in Britain by Clive Couldwell

  MOST sports have their origins in Britain and among our greatest successes of the past 50 years has been that of Formula One motor racing which starts all over again in Melbourne this weekend. read more

• Going Places by Billy Hopkins

  BILLY Hopkins opts to take his growing family away from the austerity of post Second World War north west of England to a place in the sun in his fourth semi autobiographical book Going Places. read more

• A History of Manchester by Stuart Hylton

  DURING the past 200 hundred years the city of Manchester has been at the heart of almost every important aspect of British life. read more

• My Eighty Years of Memories by Marjorie Joyce Jones

  EVERYONE has a story inside of them but precious few are moved to put pen to paper, or in these high-tech days, to "key in" ones' creative thoughts or reflections. read more

• Pets by Sue Packer

  PHOTOGRAPHER Sue Packer's third book of fascinating pictures looks at the close historical relationship between humankind and our pets. read more

• The Greatest Storm / The Eddystone Lighthouse

  THE hurricane of 1987 which damaged hundreds of buildings and uprooted thousands of trees across the south of England was, apparently, nothing compared with the storm that lashed the region on November 27, 1703. read more

• The Team by David Bedford

  ANY initiatives that may help to promote literacy among the young are to be applauded and in his new series collectively titled The Team, children's author David Bedford is penning some splendid little books each with a football theme. read more

• World Flowers by Jane Packer

  IN her ninth book reflecting her artistic skills, Jane Packer, now acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative florists, has created a whole host of special arrangements for the camera of Thomas Stewart whose atmospheric pictures also enjoy a global appeal. read more

• Police arrest four on suspicion of murder

  POLICE have until this evening, Tuesday, to decide whether to charge or release four people who have been arrested on suspicion of murder. read more

• Burglary victim was slashed by knifeman

  A MAN had to be treated for knife wounds following an aggravated burglary. read more

• Last time we go for a swim at these baths!

  A SWIMMER has vowed never to return to a local pool after foul-mouthed kids abused her father. read more

• £5,000 reward to catch gang

  A COMPANY boss is offering a £5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the gang who smashed their way into his premises early on Tuesday. read more

• Boudicca, the Warrior Queen by M J Trow

  WHAT must have been the fiercest battles ever fought on English soil, those between the foot soldiers of the Iceni tribes and their supporters led by the flame haired Queen Boudicca and our Roman occupiers, cost 70,000 lives and changed the course of our country's history. read more

On this day: Cheshire Archive